temperator

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tem.peˈraː.tor/, [t̪ɛmpɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tem.peˈra.tor/, [t̪empeˈräːt̪or]

Etymology 1

temperāt- (perfect passive participial stem of temperō, “I arrange, order, or govern”) +‎ -(t)or (forms masculine agent nouns)

Noun

temperātor m (genitive temperātōris); third declension

  1. (very rare) one who duly arranges, orders, or governs
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative temperātor temperātōrēs
Genitive temperātōris temperātōrum
Dative temperātōrī temperātōribus
Accusative temperātōrem temperātōrēs
Ablative temperātōre temperātōribus
Vocative temperātor temperātōrēs

References
  • “tempĕrātor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “temperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temperator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • temperator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology 2

Regularly conjugated forms of temperō.

Verb

temperātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of temperō
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